About This Book

This volume brings together 40 hotels, eco-lodges, and resorts from North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. They sit on the tops of mountains, in the middle of rainforests, on tiny islands surrounded by miles of ocean, in rolling hills and in desert oases. What they have in common is that they all give more to their local community than they take, and they all use architecture as an integral part of their commitment to sustainability and as a way of complementing the beauty of their surroundings.